KTM 400 starter probs.

[Mick DMember]

I have been asked to sort out a starter problem on a KTM400. It will only start every now and then on the starter. It has a brand new battery in it but when you press the starter button…….nothing happens. Then all of a sudden out of the blue it will start if you hit the button.More often then not it will not even turn the starter.I am inclined to think it is the actual starter button,but if anyone else has experience with a similar problem please post up.

[ChrisMember]

Does it have a key as well, I had the problem on the WR, it turned out to be the Barrell where the key was not engaging all the time, took it off and replaced the key with the button included in the spares kit, sorted, but I don;t think KTM;s have keys.

[Mick DMember]

nah no keys, this bike is really tidy and has never seen a dirt road and has bugger all km’s on it.

[ChrisMember]

is it one of the new 400’s or an older one.

[Mick DMember]

It is an older one,it is silver and orange. I would suggest about a 2000 model.
It has one of those kill buttons that dont stay “clicked in”,unlike the newer models.

[Bruce CurtisMember]

A continuity test on the wiring Mick?, what jumps to mind straight up all else being equal for I is a “dead spot” in the starter motor itself, or the dodgy killswitch scenario

BC

[Mick DMember]

I can fix a dodgy switch but the dead spot in the starter maybe a job for a auto sparky.

[GregMember]

A dead segment on the actuator would mean a new starter, multi meter and test the continuity of the switch like Blue said would easiest start point

Why did they give it to you?

TB

[Mick DMember]

It is the bloke who owns the building I work in and he has seen me with a Kato or two in the past and asked if I would try and sort it out for him, as he has no mechanical aptitude what so ever.
If I get it sorted, it maybe worth a carton or two :laugh:
I am just gunna pull the switch apart and spray some contact cleaner in there for starters and work from there.

[GregMember]

micknmeld wrote:

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as he has no mechanical aptitude what so ever..

He cant have :laugh:

TB

[glennMember]

If it starts does every one that helped get some of the carton or 2 at louee.. If so I think you should look in the electrics somewhere that seems to be the problem area…Glad to help

Boony

[GregMember]

If I got a cartoon for everytime I answered a question or helped him on the phone or at the shed I would be

But I just like helping so I wouldnt want a cartoon, it cant take the place of the warm fuzzy feeling that comes from helping

TB

[glennMember]

Thats all good ,,but I want the beer,,,heck look at all the input iv`e had to assit him with fixing this problem .

[Mick DMember]

Trailboss wrote:

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If I got a cartoon for everytime I answered a question or helped him on the phone or at the shed I would be

But I just like helping so I wouldnt want a cartoon, it cant take the place of the warm fuzzy feeling that comes from helping

TB

What goes round comes round TB,I will help where I can,I remember you on the phone one day, calling a pee wee 50 all the choice Australian adjectives under the sun and in 30 seconds,I had the problem sorted for you.
I also know the warm fuzzy feeling of helping an ol mate out,I also enjoy the warm fuzzy feeling you get from a beer,rewarding you for your efforts. :laugh:

[GregMember]

On a serious note he does help a lot of people, doesnt matter how gets in done, trippers bike is because of Micks dedication

TB

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